Ikorodu Parents’ Forum Partners National Agency In Sensitising Parents Over Vaccination For School Girls

Mariam Akinloye The Executive body of the Parents’ Forum, Ikorodu Division, has partnered the National Orientation Agency (NOA), in sensitizing parents on Human Papillomavirus Vaccine (HPV), which its introduction has generated insinuations among them. Human Papillomavirus is a sexually transmitted disease that causes cervical cancer and other HPV-related diseases such as skin and vaginal warts, and the government has said that HPV vaccination at an early age is highly important as it provides the best protection, hence, the campaign to give all eligible girls injectable HPV vaccine on the arm,…

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Ijede Development Foundation Engages Students In Debate, Quiz

Kunle Adelabu It was a display of good knowledge of issues and academic prowess as pupils and students from both public and private schools in Ijede Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Ikorodu Division, Southwest, Nigeria, were engaged in debate and quiz competitions. Over 150 pupils and students from 33 Primary, Junior & Senior Secondary Schools participated in the academic exercise which is part of the annual educational engagement of one of the foremost community development platforms in Ikorodu Division – Ijede Development Foundation (IDF). The preliminary stage of the…

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Rotary Club Ikorodu Metropolitan Promotes Basic Education, Literacy With Donation Of Learning Materials

Kunle Adelabu The Rotary Club Ikorodu Metropolitan began its new calendar year under its new President, Rotarian Ashamu Oluwaseyi Idris, with execution of one of the club’s cardinal programme by supporting educational development of kids with learning materials. Different educational and other learning materials were presented to the children at the Nursery section of its adopted school, Methodist Primary School, Oke Eletu, Ijede Local Council Development Area of Ikorodu Division, Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria. The items were presented to the kids whom the President and other members of the Rotary…

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Why I Established Egbin Kingdom Junior Grammar School – Oba Oyebo

Kunle Adelabu The Obateru of Egbin Kingdom, His Royal Majesty, Oba (Dr.) AbdulHakeem Adeoriyomi Oyebo, has explained that the need for the pupils of the Egbin Kingdom Nursery and Primary School, Egbin, to have smooth transition to Secondary School, informed his decision to establish Egbin Junior Grammar School. Oba Oyebo also stated that the need to ensure that pupils that graduated from the Kingdom’s primary school, sustain the ideal that has been inculcated in them, and the principles that they have imbibed from the primary school, also necessitated the establishment…

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Hon. Motunrayo Alogba Supports Primary Pupils In Ijede With School Uniforms, Books

Kunle Adelabu -Gets royal, schools’ commendations Hundreds of pupils in Ijede Local Council Development Area of Ikorodu Division, Lagos State Southwest, Nigeria, on Monday, received exercise books and school uniforms to aid their education, courtesy of the Chairman of the Council, Hon. Motunrayo Gbadebo – Alogba. The distribution for this year’s school package was flagged off on Monday, with the Chairman leading her Vice, Hon. Kareem Kabir, cabinet members, management team and Councilors to Anglican Primary School, Ijede, Anwar – Ul – Islam Primary School, Ijede and Egbin Kingdom Nursery…

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Prof. Shitta – Bey Marks Golden Jubilee Birthday With Presentation of Tablets To Best Students in Oriwu College

Wale Jagun Six best students in Oriwu Senior Model College, Ikorodu, on Monday, received Tablets donated to the school by Prof. Olanrewaju Shitta – Bey, a Professor of Philosophy & Humanities, University of Maryland, Global Campus, United States of America (USA). The presentation of the educational materials marked the 50th birthday anniversary of the scholar, and part of educational support activities of the Prof. Shitta – Bey, in honouring the memory of his late mother, Alhaja Shakirat Enifeni, through his foundation, Shikirat Enifeni Foundation. A total of 12 tablets were…

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Ogunlewe Charges Students To Embrace Future In ICT, Technology, Innovation, Enterpreneurship

Kunle Adelabu The former Minister for Works, Sir (Sen). Dr Adeseye Ogunlewe, has stated that the future is in the ICT, Technology, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and therefore, charged the youths to embrace them. Ogunlewe said this at the first graduation ceremony of Dr Akinola Ogunlewe’s STEAM Education Centre, off the Ogunlewe Avenue, Igbogbo, on Saturday, September 16, 2023, where he was a special guest of honour. A total of 28 pioneer students of the centre were presented with certificates at the ceremony. Senator Ogunlewe, in his remarks at the ceremony, said…

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Again, Parents Protest, Beg Sanwo -Olu Not To Relocate Odogunyan Community Junior School To Another Community

Kunle Adelabu -Our children will start boycotting classes from Monday if our request not granted – Parents -Govt has stopped the relocation – Ministry of Education Parents of students in Odogunyan Community Junior Grammar School, Odogunyan, Ikorodu, have, again, pleaded with the Governor of Lagos State, to retain the school within the Odogunyan mmunity and also return their children ftom where they have been dispersed to, since about three years. While appealing to the government to consider the economic hardship on the parents, the stress that the young children are…

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Three Years After Starting Primary School, Egbin Monarch Initiates Free Junior Secondary School In His Kingdom

Kunle Adelabu Three years after the Obateru of Egbin Kingdom, His Royal Majesty, Oba (Dr.) Akeem Adeoriyomi Oyebo, in Ijede Local Council Development Area of Ikorodu Division, Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, initiated the first public primary school which is free in every sense, the revered monarch has introduced a free secondary school to encourage children in his Kingdom, to have access to education. The school, Egbin Kingdom Junior Grammar School, will formally commence operations on September 18, 2023, for the 2023/24 academic session, when the first set of students are…

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More Allocations To Councils Making Projects Implementation Possible – Daini, Chairman, Igbogbo/Bayeku LCDA

Kunle Adelabu -Commissions block of 5 classrooms at Oreta, pledges more projects -Gets party, community commendations The Chairman, Igbogbo/Bayeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Ikorodu Division, Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, Builder Olusesan Daini, has revealed that his administration is implementing more projects in the recent time because there has been significant increase in the allocations to the local , state and the federal governments, due to the removal of the fuel subsidy. He explained that the construction of a block of 5 classrooms at the Local Government Primary School,…

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